The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 403

Candles were lit in the church. The white walls were clean and calming to look at.

They could hear the faint sound of hymns being played and the sound of a bell. Melanie looked at Xander. “Why did you bring me here?”

Xander said, “We’re here to light a candle.”

Many people were in the church, but it was surprisingly quiet.

It was as though everyone had come up with a tacit agreement to speak and do their things softly, afraid of disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in the church.

Xander looked at the floor, saying, “I came here to light a candle for my grandma when I was young.”

The place to light the candles was in the backyard. The volunteer responsible for keeping the records muttered a blessing with his eyes closed before handing Melanie the candle.

Melanie pursed her lips and looked at the candles on the rack silently.

Only when the breeze swayed the fire on the candles did Xander speak, “My grandpa said lighting a candle here can help the ones we love find their way to heaven.”

lit

on fire, Melanie placed the candle

red paint still on the door, Melanie looked at the sight for a while before opening the door. The house had been left empty for a few days. Shabby houses like this would get dusty easily. A gust

before saying, “Call me if you need me. I’ll be around the

door only after

in a hurry the last time and did not

for a while, looking at the furniture. She thought she could bring

She had everything planned.

no longer do what she

stayed in the house for two days, and Xander would bring

starving herself. It was just because she had

look out of the window in a

come on the third day,

heels as usual. She stepped into the house.

and she looked skinnier.

moment, though. She took Melanie to the sofa with a troubled expression. “I just came back from abroad. He threw me on a deserted island and made me live there

comfort Melanie. “I know this is a

she had not been talking much these few days. I know. I’m trying to